I'd guess it's going to be something along the lines of a confirmed multi-transit system or a confirmed case of transit variations. "Exotics" like circumbinary planets or exomoons would be interesting but I somehow doubt it...

Lazarus wrote:I'd guess it's going to be something along the lines of a confirmed multi-transit system or a confirmed case of transit variations. "Exotics" like circumbinary planets or exomoons would be interesting but I somehow doubt it...

But in general have been disappointing. Probably the confirmation process is very difficult.Even in such a high-priority system was not successful confirm yet to the super-earth (with a period of only 1.5 days).

I think they did but maybe are other reason why they wait to confirm it another body in the system??However I am very disappointed that only 2 planets announced.I expected something more than saturn type bodies

I don't get why this is regarded as so disappointing. This discovery should allow precise determination of the parameters of a resonant extrasolar system. Especially with the potential super-Earth in there, I'm going to guess this is going to be a valuable data point in the comparison of the mass-radius relationship at the same stellar metallicity.

The nature of missions like Kepler means that there are always going to be far more unconfirmed candidates (KOI nnn.pp) than confirmed planets (Kepler-nn). Expecting hundreds of confirmed planets is unreasonable.

Indeed, this is a great discovery. I think the reason people are dissapointed is that they allow their hopes and expectations to be inflated into the realm of "unrealistic" by sensationalist reportings. "Kepler, the spacecraft built to look for Earths, to announce big news today" instead of "Kepler team to announce interesting planetary system find."